General elections were held in

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on 3 November 2020 to elect a

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and the National Congress.

Electoral system

The President of Palau is elected using the

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. The 13 members of the

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are elected from a single nationwide constituency by

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, with each voter having 13 votes to cast. The 16 members of the House of Delegates are elected in single-member constituencies based on the states using

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Results

President

The primary round was held on 22 September 2020 with four candidates. The incumbent president,

Thomas Remengesau Jr. Thomas Esang "Tommy" Remengesau Jr. (born 28 February 1956) is a Palauan politician; in 2013 he was elected the ninth president of Palau and was re-elected to that office in 2016. Previously he served as the seventh president of the island nat ...

, was ineligible to stand again having reached his term limit. Former presidential candidate (and brother-in-law of the incumbent) Surangel Whipps Jr. took first place in the primary, while

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

Raynold Oilouch Raynold B. Oilouch (born 1965 or 1966) is a Palauan politician who served as the Vice President of Palau from 19 January 2017 to 21 January 2021. Oilouch was elected vice president in the 2016 elections.http://www.mechanglagoon.com/2016/09/tr-a ...

placed second to qualify for the second round of the presidential election. Following the second round on 3 November, Oilouch conceded defeat to Whipps on 5 November after all the votes from Palau had been counted, giving Whipps a 1,202 vote lead with around 2,000 absentee votes still to be counted. The Palau Election Commission officially certified the final results on 17 November.

Vice president

Senate

Elected members

#Mason Whipps #Steven Kuartei #Andrew Tabelual #Mark Rudimch #Rukebai Kikuo Inabo #Hokkons Baules #K. Topps Sungino #TJ Remengesau #Umiich Sengebau #Jonathan Isechal #Kerai Mariur #Secilil Eldebechel #Regis Akitaya (died in 2022, succeeded by Salvador Tellames)

House of Delegates

References

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